# Tiles with links! **URL:** \ **Category:** Project Showcase\ **Created:** [April 29, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tiles-with-links/8109 "2020-04-29T18:19:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Krivo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/krivo/32/5363_2.png) [@Krivo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Krivo)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tiles-with-links/8109/1 "2020-04-29T18:19:07Z")
# Wow It is possible to open links from tiles - and that is great !! Inspired by the post by @Robert_Petitto [Hey! List Action \> Open Link Available!](https://community.glideapps.com/t/hey-list-action-open-link-available/8065) I created a little app to exploit this possibility. [company-directory.glideapp.io](http://company-directory.glideapp.io) ![company-directory](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/a/aed53386356f708ec6e8585439770baba51c984e.jpeg) The app is copyable. The used icons are from [https://www.flaticon.com/](https://www.flaticon.com/) If you want to use them then please check out the terms. I have made an inline list with horizontal scrolling with different types of links: facebook, email, instagram, location, sms, phone… **Platform independent links** It is a bit of a challenge when links are different in iOS and Android as described in the post below: > [@Open app on phone from Glide](https://community.glideapps.com/t/open-app-on-phone-from-glide/8017): > > It was new to me that you could open different apps from Glide (not just google maps and texts) I would like to open a specific page in facebook Unfortunately the link to a specific page in facebook is different between Android and iOS For iOS: fb://profile/PAGEID For Android: fb://page/PAGEID Is there any way to detect whether the user uses android or iOS - or any other way to do the job? I have been looking for a specific app to open in this way - but doesn’t seem possible - or may I j… I gave it a try to find a solution for that with one of the tools @Jeff_Hager pointed out. [https://app.urlgeni.us/](https://app.urlgeni.us/) has a possibility to create platform independent links - and works nicely. The only downside that it costs ☹ $0.01 per click - so it might turn out to be expensive. _ **Notice the facebook for Apple will open up in the Facebook app** _ @Mark couldn’t glide create a possibility to input a facebook, instagram and few other large used apps urls - and then you can format it so it fits iOS and Android. [https://app.urlgeni.us/](https://app.urlgeni.us/) can link to a speciel webpage if the user hasn’t got the app installed - of course it could be great but I know we cannot get all. Well, and if it was possible to link **internally** in the app as well that would be… awesome. I know, I might be blacklisted for advocating for this feature request again - I just think that it can’t be very difficult to implement (well, I’m not going to do the job so in that way I can just dream up stuff, right 🙂 ) @mark do you think that we will get such a feature? > [@Tiles as links to screens](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tiles-as-links-to-screens/2086): > > The flexibility of layout could be enhanced quite a bit if it was possible to make a tile (fx as an inline list) link to a specific screen - just like what is possible with the image and the button component. These can have action = “Link to Screen” Right now you can only have one link horizontally - but allowing tiles to have link to screen would make it easier to create more links on the same line. Somehow the screen to link to should be available as a column in the same row as other informa… ---
**Author:** ![Wiz.Wazeer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/wiz.wazeer/32/72423_2.png) [@Wiz.Wazeer](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Wiz.Wazeer)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 4:44am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tiles-with-links/8109/2 "2020-05-10T04:44:01Z")
Wow! Love the way you used the icons as tiles. Very nice app. ---
**Author:** ![Krivo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/krivo/32/5363_2.png) [@Krivo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Krivo)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 6:12am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tiles-with-links/8109/3 "2020-05-10T06:12:48Z")
Thx @Wiz.Wazeer. Pls notice there is a bug when using ‘open link’ on iOS [Open link return to front page](https://community.glideapps.com/t/open-link-return-to-front-page/8121) ---
**Author:** ![Wiz.Wazeer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/wiz.wazeer/32/72423_2.png) [@Wiz.Wazeer](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Wiz.Wazeer)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 11:35am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tiles-with-links/8109/4 "2020-05-10T11:35:28Z")
Tx for that info. ---
**Author:** ![Wiz.Wazeer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/wiz.wazeer/32/72423_2.png) [@Wiz.Wazeer](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Wiz.Wazeer)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tiles-with-links/8109/5 "2020-05-10T14:51:23Z")
Krivo what do you mean by open link ? ---
**Author:** ![Krivo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/krivo/32/5363_2.png) [@Krivo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Krivo)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tiles-with-links/8109/6 "2020-05-10T16:12:43Z")
@Wiz.Wazeer Well, the action = “Open link” doesn’t work very well when you open a (web) link - you will be redirected to the front page. Example: - Click Apple - Click Website in the list (tiles) Company contact and info - Notice that you will return to the front page. ---
**Author:** ![Wiz.Wazeer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/wiz.wazeer/32/72423_2.png) [@Wiz.Wazeer](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Wiz.Wazeer)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/tiles-with-links/8109/7 "2020-05-10T16:25:23Z")
Ah I get it now. Let’s look into it. Tx